Your Guide to Hepatitis B Awareness and Solutions with HepaCure!
Dr. Sinil Kim is a board-certified internal medicine doctor and medical oncologist. Previously, he was a professor at UCSD School of Medicine. Dr. Kim’s wife, Son Chae Kim, PhD, RN, is a professor at Point Loma Nazarene University.
Your Guide to Hepatitis B Awareness and Solutions with HepaCure!
Dr. Sinil Kim is a board-certified internal medicine doctor and medical oncologist. Previously, he was a professor at UCSD School of Medicine. Dr. Kim’s wife, Son Chae Kim, PhD, RN, is a professor at Point Loma Nazarene University.
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Hepatitis B and HepaCure Foundation
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 300,000,000 people have chronic hepatitis B infection. Most people with chronic hepatitis B became infected as babies during childbirth and are not aware of the infection until too late. Chronic hepatitis B causes death from liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma), cirrhosis (hardening of liver), or liver failure. Routine blood testing at a doctor’s office does not test for hepatitis B, so the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that everyone be screened for hepatitis B once in lifetime.
If a screening blood test shows hepatitis B infection, highly effective and safe pills (antiviral medicines) can be taken just once a day to get rid of the virus from the blood. Taking the pills decreases liver cancer, as well as cirrhosis and liver failure. It also reduces transmission of the virus to other people. In addition, ultrasound scans every 6 months can help find cancer early, when it can be cured. Without good medical care, most liver cancers are discovered too late for curative treatments. In developed countries such as South Korea, doctors now rarely see chronic hepatitis B patients with late stage cancer or cirrhosis whereas these problems were quite common previously.
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Hepatitis B and HepaCure Foundation
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 300,000,000 people have chronic hepatitis B infection. Most people with chronic hepatitis B became infected as babies during childbirth and are not aware of the infection until too late. Chronic hepatitis B causes death from liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma), cirrhosis (hardening of liver), or liver failure. Routine blood testing at a doctor’s office does not test for hepatitis B, so the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that everyone be screened for hepatitis B once in lifetime.
If a screening blood test shows hepatitis B infection, highly effective and safe pills (antiviral medicines) can be taken just once a day to get rid of the virus from the blood. Taking the pills decreases liver cancer, as well as cirrhosis and liver failure. It also reduces transmission of the virus to other people. In addition, ultrasound scans every 6 months can help find cancer early, when it can be cured. Without good medical care, most liver cancers are discovered too late for curative treatments. In developed countries such as South Korea, doctors now rarely see chronic hepatitis B patients with late stage cancer or cirrhosis whereas these problems were quite common previously.
HepaCure Foundation wants to reduce death and suffering from hepatitis B and find a cure for the disease. We have antiviral medicines available free of charge, as well as free blood tests and ultrasound scans.
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Dr. Sinil Kim
Dr. Sinil Kim is the President and founder of HepaCure Foundation. He and his wife have made donations to Doctors Without Borders and helped to build a hospital in the mountains of western Myanmar. Recently, Dr, Kim realized that many Vietnamese-Americans here in California have chronic Hepatitis B infections without knowing it until they get liver cancer or cirrhosis. To make an impact closer to home, Dr. Kim and his wife started a non-profit HepaCure Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is to reduce death and suffering due to hepatitis B, as well as find a cure for the disease. The Foundation provides free medical care and medicine to infected patients.
Dr. Sinil Kim is a board-certified internal medicine doctor and medical oncologist. Previously, he was a professor at UCSD School of Medicine. Dr. Kim’s wife, Son Chae Kim, PhD, RN, is a professor at Point Loma Nazarene University. Dr. Son Chae Kim is an Associate Dean and Professor at Point Loma Nazarene University, School of Nursing. Together with Dr. Sinil Kim, she is a co-founder of HepaCure Foundation
Daisy Nguyen Orca, Chief Phlebotomist
Dr. Sinil Kim, MD
Co-Founder
Son Chae Kim, PhD, RN
Co-Founder
Dr. Sinil Kim
Dr. Sinil Kim is the President and founder of HepaCure Foundation. He and his wife have made donations to Doctors Without Borders and helped to build a hospital in the mountains of western Myanmar. Recently, Dr, Kim realized that many Vietnamese-Americans here in California have chronic Hepatitis B infections without knowing it until they get liver cancer or cirrhosis. To make an impact closer to home, Dr. Kim and his wife started a non-profit HepaCure Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is to reduce death and suffering due to hepatitis B, as well as find a cure for the disease. The Foundation provides free medical care and medicine to infected patients.
Dr. Sinil Kim is a board-certified internal medicine doctor and medical oncologist. Previously, he was a professor at UCSD School of Medicine. Dr. Kim’s wife, Son Chae Kim, PhD, RN, is a professor at Point Loma Nazarene University. Dr. Son Chae Kim is an Associate Dean and Professor at Point Loma Nazarene University, School of Nursing. Together with Dr. Sinil Kim, she is a co-founder of HepaCure Foundation
Daisy Nguyen Orca, Chief Phlebotomist
Dr. Sinil Kim, MD
Co-Founder
Son Chae Kim, PhD, RN
Co-Founder
New California Law for Doctors to Test
Every Adult for Hepatitis B
Most people with hepatitis B infection do not know it until too late. Because so many Americans are still dying from preventableliver cancer or cirrhosis (hardening of liver), California has a new law requiring doctors to test every adultfor hepatitis B infection. Many Asian-Americans got infected as babies. Safe and effective pills can be taken now once a day to stop the virus and make the virus disappear from the blood. Taking the anti-viral medicinecan help infected patients avoid liver cancer and cirrhosis. Ultrasound scans can find small cancers when they are curable.The new law also requires doctors to offer follow-up medical care to patients with hepatitis B, such as ultrasound scans oranti-viral medications.